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Slovakia Hires Banks for New 2018-Dated Euro Benchmark Bond Issue [May 22, 2013] Slovakia has hired three banks as joint lead managers for the issuance of a new euro benchmark government bond due in 2018, the Slovak Debt and Liquidity Management Agency, or Ardal said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak police seize arsenal of illegal weapons - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports [Apr 26, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Slovak police say they have seized a huge cache of illegal weapons that allegedly belonged to a criminal gang operating in the capital. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak police seize arsenal of illegal weapons [Apr 26, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ? Slovak police say they have seized a huge cache of illegal weapons that allegedly belonged to a criminal gang operating in the capital. ? ? ? ? [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia to significantly increase issuance of Schengen visas to Ukrainians [Mar 01, 2013] March 1, 2013, 6:25 p.m. | Ukraine ? by Interfax-Ukraine Slovakia is planning to significantly increase the issuing of Schengen visas to Ukrainian citizens in 2013, Slovak Ambassador to Ukraine Pavol Gamzik has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Feb 21, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Feb 16, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. Related Stories Canadian natives vow to battle on as chief hospitalized U.S. man who aided Mumbai plotters sentenced to 35 years in prison U.S. cold snap even worse for those still without heat after Sandy Studies outline cost of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Olympics-Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Feb 09, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Iran releases Slovak arrested for spying [Feb 08, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ? A Slovak national arrested in Iran and accused of spying for the United States has been released and returned home. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia Cuts GDP Growth Outlook on Euro Crisis, Jobs [Jan 30, 2013] The Slovak Finance Ministry cut its forecasts for economic growth as the euro-region?s debt crisis hurts exports and unemployment damps consumer demand. [via YahooNews] More >>

Olympics-Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 27, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 24, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European... [via YahooNews] More >>

Olympics-Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 24, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

PES's Stanishev Inspired by Slovakia's Fico [Dec 20, 2012] PES and Bulgarian Socialist Party chair Sergey Stanishev said he is inspired by the efforts and policies of fellow socialist Slovak PM Robert Fico. Thursday Stanishev met Fico as part of the European and Bulgarian socialist leader's ongoing tour of Central and Eastern Europe. "Rober Fico is restoring the Slovak social model with adopting a new Labor Code, abolishing the flat tax, and increasing ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Indefinite teachers strike shows power of Slovakian workers [Dec 04, 2012] The ongoing Slovak teachers? dispute has demonstrated the militant potential of the long dismissed Slovak working class. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak court rules segregation of Roma in schools unlawful [Oct 31, 2012] Landmark judgement sends a strong signal to the authorities that separate education based on the ethnicity of the pupils is unacceptable. October 31, 2012 International A historic Slovak court ruling that the segregation of Roma in schools is unlawful sends a strong signal to the authorities that separate education based on the ethnicity of the pupils is unacceptable, said Amnesty International ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Chuck Norris ambushed on Slovak bridge to freedom [Oct 04, 2012] BRATISLAVA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Slovak officials rejectedthe overwhelming results of a popular Internet campaign to namea new pedestrian and cycling bridge near the capital after U.S.action film star Chuck Norris. Despite 12,599 votes for the Norris name in a two-monthonline poll, Bratislava regional assembly decided to call thebridge spanning the Morava river and Slovakia's border withAustria ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak lawmakers reject online vote to name bridge after Chuck Norris [Oct 02, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak officials rejected the overwhelming results of a popular Internet campaign to name a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near the capital after action film star Chuck Norris. Despite 12,599 votes for the Norris name in a two-month online poll, Bratislava regional assembly decided to call the bridge spanning the Morava river and Slovakia's border with Austria the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak lawmakers reject online vote to name bridge after Chuck Norris [Sep 27, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak officials rejected the overwhelming results of a popular Internet campaign to name a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near the capital after action film star Chuck Norris. Despite 12,599 votes for the Norris name in a two-month online poll, Bratislava regional assembly decided to call the bridge spanning the Morava river and Slovakia's border with Austria the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Chuck Norris bridge KO'd by Slovakia regional assembly [Sep 25, 2012] Officials in capital reject winning entry in online poll despite more than 12,000 votes for naming bridge after action star Slovak officials have rejected the overwhelming results of a popular internet campaign to name a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near the capital after the American action film star Chuck Norris. Despite 12,599 votes for the Norris name in a two-month online poll ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Chuck Norris ambushed on Slovak bridge to freedom [Sep 24, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak officials rejected the overwhelming results of a popular Internet campaign to name a new pedestrian and cycling bridge near the capital after U.S. action film star Chuck Norris. Despite 12,599 votes for the Norris name in a two-month online poll, Bratislava regional assembly decided to call the bridge spanning the Morava river and Slovakia's border with Austria the ... [via YahooNews] More >>